John McShane
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Chairman, Global Crossing UK

John McShane was named executive vice president and general counsel of Global Crossing in March 2002, and he became chairman of Global Crossing UK in June 2007. As general counsel, Mr. McShane oversees and manages all of the company's legal matters. Prior to his appointment as general counsel, Mr. McShane joined Global Crossing in February 1999, as European assistant general counsel, where he led the negotiations of network infrastructure agreements for the build-out of the Pan European Crossing (PEC) network.

As assistant general counsel he also had responsibility for the oversight of worldwide sales and telecommunications network outsourcing transactions for Global Crossing's Solutions business unit and of major vendor supply agreements.

Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. McShane spent twelve years at several international law firms, including positions as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett from 1987 through 1996 and as senior counsel at Shearman and Sterling, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and Brown & Wood, where his main focus was on representing major commercial banks, financial institutions and corporations in connection with a broad range of their corporate, commercial and financing activities.

Mr. McShane holds a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in liberal arts from St. John's College. He is admitted to the New York State Bar.